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Table 3 Kinetic parameters for the peroxidase activity of horse, human and R. arrhizus cyt c

From: Purification and characterization of a cytochrome c with novel caspase-3 activation activity from the pathogenic fungus Rhizopus arrhizus

Cyt c

KM (M)

Vmax (mM min−1)

Kcat (min−1)

Horse

23.0 ± 6.5

0.0541 ± 0.0091

22.0 ± 4.0

Human

3.74 ± 0.80

0.0190 ± 0.0020

7.60 ± 0.62

nRhizopus

20.1 ± 8.3

0.0434 ± 0.0093

29.0 ± 6.2

rRhizopus

13.12 ± 5.05

0.0892 ± 0.0203

59.47 ± 13.55

  1. Results are the means ± S.D. of three readings
  2. nRhizopus: native cyt c from R. arrhizus; rRhizopus: recombinant cyt c from R. arrhizus
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